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The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service is one of the busiest fire and rescue services in the UK, serving nearly two million people.
Silversands, now part of the Chess Group, has been providing Microsoft-focused consultancy and support to Hampshire & IoW Fire & Rescue Service since 2019.
The Challenge
The Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service and Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service have historically been separate organisations. In order to gain operational and budgetary benefits, a decision was made to merge the two organisations.
As a trusted partner, Silversands was asked to help with the migration of Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Teams from the IoW systems into the Hampshire environment. This involved working with the Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service, the Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service and the Isle of Wight Council.
The Solution
Starting just before the first Covid lockdown, the project team had to quickly adjust their implementation approach to accommodate the various restrictions and constraints.
Watch the video to get the story of this successful project. There’s a full six minute version, or you can view the one minute bitesize version.
Case Study Videos
View the case study videos to find out how we worked with the teams at Hampshire Fire and IoW Fire.
“I think this programme was able to successfully demonstrate joint collaboration between three organisations which I think and believe was unique."
Jayne Goldsmith, Project Manager, Hampshire & IoW Fire & Rescue Service
